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fptttwl gpltttiPtU? FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1835. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SCOTT &, WRIGHT. No. 52, Vol. XXIV Whole No. 1393. JOURNAL AND SENTINEL. F. C. GALLAGHER., EDITOR. Office on High-street, second door louth of Armstrong's Hotel. TERMS Two Dollars Bud Fifty Cents, tit advance, or Three Dollars, at the end of the year. No subscriber allowed to discontinue while ho remains indebted to the office.. MISCELLANY. THE DEATH OF A TRAITOR. From the I'lNFIDEI,," a new romance by Dr. Bird, just published by Messrs. C'ary, Lea k Ulaiichard. "Admit Villafana," said Cortes, iu tones that penetrated loudly to the farthest limits of the room, for the cavaliers were stricken into a boding silence at tlio accents of the alguazil; 'admit my trusty Villafana!" And Villafana entered. llo was evidently flushed with wine, and it was for that reason, doubtless, that he did not seem toobseive tlio presence of his forsworn associate, nor the suspicious act of two cavaliers, who stole from the group, and took posses-lion of tlio door by which he had entered. He approached with a reckless and confidant though somewhat stupid air, exclaiming, after divers humble scrapes and salaams, "I come at your excellency's bidding, according to appointment. This was the hour, pleaso your excellency (but 'tis a scurvy night, with much thunder and lightning.") "Ay, truly," said Cortes, with a mild voice, while all the rest stood in the silence of death: "but being so observant, Villafaua, how coiiicb it yon have not remarked that you are here without the Indian Techeechee, whom I commanded you to bring hither at this hour." "Honor," said the algua7.il, a little confused, "that old Oltomi is a sly dog, and 1 doubt mo, not over honest." "I doubt ine so too," said Cortes, in the same encouraging tones: "yet honest or false, ly or simple, methinUs thou shouldst not have suffered III in to escape." "Escapo! what, Tochoecheo escape!" cried Villafana, with unaffected surprise; "Ho, no! 1 did but give tlio grey infidel a sop of wine, and straightway he hid himself in a cornor, to sleep off his drunkenness. And and" continued he, with instinctive though clumsy cunning, "and I thought it would be unseemly to bring him to your excclloncy, in that condition, I bet: your excellency's pardon for making him acquainted with such Christain liquor; but it was out of pity, together with some little hope of converting him to tlio faith; and, besides, 1 knew not his head was so weak. 1 will fetch him to your excellency in the morning." "Why, this is well," said the captian-gcneral, with such insinuating gentleness, as character izes the snake, whon closing softly on his prey; "and I doubt not thou canst give me as good an account of the embassadors. It is said to ine, that they have also escaped." r "Good heavens!" cried Villafana, startled not only out of his confidence, but in great measure out of his intoxication, by such announcement; "the ambassadors escapedl It cannot be!" "Pho.they have hurt thee more than I thought even to the point of destroying thy memory," rejoined the captain-general, with the blandishment ot a smile. "There is blood upon thy shoulder', I doubt not thou wort severely hurt, while attempting to prevent their flight. No one ever questioned the courage of Villafana." "Yes, scnor, yes po yes; that is I mean to Say saints of heaven!" And hero the alguazil paused, completely soberod that is res tored to his senses, but Dot to his wits: for here he perceived himself in a difficulty, and his invention pointed out no means for escape. He rolled his eyes, haggcrcd at once with debauch and alarm, over the cavaliers, and though the lofty figure of Alvarado concealed Uaspar from his view, he boheld enough in the extraordinary sedateness of all present, to fill him with the most racking suspicions. He turned again to Cortes, and commanding his fears as much as be could, went on with an appearance of boldness."Alas, noble scnor, if the ambassadors be escaped, I am a lost man for I trusted too much to the vigilance of others, and I should not havo dona so.' Alas, scnor," he continued with more energy, as his mind began to work more clearly, "1 havo commitod a great ofienco in this negligence; but I vow to heaven, it was owing to my fears of Juan Lerma, who made many efforts to escape, and had strong friends to help hi in. Your excclloncy may see the necessity I was under, to give all my thoughts to him; for, somo one having furnished him with a dagger, he foully attacked me, not on my guard, giving mo tins wound; and had it not been for the sudden rushing in of the guard, I should certainly have been killed. Thus sopke the alguazil, with returning craft, mingling together fiction and fact with an address which astonished even himself. "Yos.senor,' 'he continued, satisfied with tlio strength of his argument, and now elated with a prospect of providing against the effects of Ins imprudent disclosures in tlio prison; "yes enor, and tlio young man, besides thus wounding; me, swore he would havo me hanged for a conspiracy; staling roundly, as the guards will witness, (I am certain that Esteban, tlio I, eft-Handed, heard him,) that being a notorious grumbler, any such fiction would bo beliovcd of me. As if this would make mo a conspirator! whereas, your excellency knows according to the proverb, barking dugs are no biters." And the audacious ruffian, rulapsing into security, attested his innoccn,co by a goutle laugh and the sweetest of his smiles. "Again I say, thou speakest well," said Cortes, carelessly descendiug from the platform, on which he had mounted at the approach of Villafana. Thy arguments have oven satisfied me of the folly of certain charges, brought against thee by this mad fellow, here, at thy elbow." As he spoke, Alvarado, taking his instruc tions rather from a consentaneous feeling of propriety than from any hint of Don llernan s, moved aside, and Villafana'i eyes fell upon tho figure or baspar. "Think of it, good follow," said Cortes, lay ing his hand upon Villafaua's shoulder, as if to support himself a little; "the things ho said of thee are inniimorablo, and excessively preposterous. He averred, for instance, that thou wort previously olfendod, bocaose I had not invited thy prcscnoo to the fostivities of the morning bauquot, and wort resolved to come, whether I would or not, and that with a lottor from my father in one hand, and a dagger in the other. Ehl is not this outrageous! He aid, besides Uut, o' my lifo, thou hast bled too much from this wound! Juan Lerma strikes deep, when the fit is on him. I liupo thou art not faint, man!" To these benevolent expressions, the ttlgu- azilroplicd by turning upon the general a countenance so bloodless, and an eye filled vi.itli such ocstacy of despair, (for if the poinards of all had been at his throat, he could not have been More perfectly apprized of his coming Tate,) thai Cortes must havo been struck with some fooling of commisoration, had not his naturo been somewhat akin to that of a cat, which delights less to kill than t sport with tlio egoniei of a dying victim. As it was, he continued to torment the abandoned wretch, by adding, pleasantly,"And what thinkest thou of this, too, my Villafana? Two hundred and forty conspira tors, to rush in when the blow was struck! doubtless to carve their dinners from the ribs ol my cavaliers! Ah, Villafana, Villafana! thou shouldst have a care of thy friends. Our enemies aro harmoless, but our friends are always dangerous. What dost thou say to all this, Villafana! Knave! hadst thou twenty daggers in thy jerkin, thou wcrt still but an uufanged reptile!"Whilo he spoke, in this jestful mood, ho was sensiblo that Villafana, (doubtless with an instinctive motion, of which he was himself un-consiorts; being apparently turned to stone,) was stealing his hand up towards his bosom, as if to grasp a weapon. The moment the member had reached the opening of his garment, Cortes caught him by the throat, and giving utterance to his last words with a voice of thunder, and employing a strength irresistible by such a man as Villafana, he hurled him to the floor, at the same instant placing his foot on his throat. Then stooping down, and thrusting his hand into the traitors bosom lie plucked out at a single grasp, a poinard, a letter, and the fatal list of conspirators. He pushed the first aside, read the superscription of the second with a laugh, and casting his eye upon the third, devoured its contents with an avidity that left him unconscious of tho murmurs of the fierce cavaliers, and the groans of the wretched alguazil, strangling under his foot. "What, scnor! will you rob the gallows of its prey!" cried Alvarado, pointing his sword at the prostrate traitor, as, indeed, did all live rest, (having drawn them at tho moment when Cortes seized him by the throat.) "His crime is manifest to all; what need of trial! Every mail his steel through the dog!" "Hold!" cried the captain-general; "this were a death for an hidalgo. Up, cur! up and meet thy fate! Up!" And ho spurned the wretch with bis foot. The alguazil roso up, his face black with blood, which not perfectly dispersing even al release from strangulation, remained in leopardlike blotches ovcrhisvisage.ghastfully contrasted with the ashy hues that gathered between them. As ho rose, his arms were seized by two or three cavaliers; and Sandoval, as quick in action as he was sluggish in speech, snatching the rich sword-sash of samite from his own shoulders, instantly secured them behind his back. "For the love of heaven sonors!" cried Villa-fanna, finding speech at last, "what do you mean! what do you design! You will not kill an innocent man! Will you judge me at the charge of a liar! uaspar is my sworn foe. will make all clear, honor, 1 havo been drink ing, and my mind is confused: take me not at this advantage. Oh, for heaven's sake what do you mean! The list! what, the list! 'Tis fur a incrrv-makinc a rcioicing lor my birtl day. I will explain all to your excellencies. I am an innocent man. Uaspar is a foresworn caitilf, a caitiff, senores, a caitiff! I claim trial by the civil jiiJgcs." "Gag him" cried one "Strike him on the mouth," said another. And Villafana, gasping for breath, uttered, for a moment inarticulate murmurs. "Ho Olid, Marin IJe Ircio," cried Cortes, rapidly and with inexpressible decision, "ye aro judges of lifo and death; Sandoval and Al varado, by right of office, ye can sit in judgment; Qninoncs, Guzman, and the rest, I make you, in the king s name special associates of the others. Why, here is a court, not martial but civil, and the dog shall have judgments to his content! He stands charged of treason. Guilty, sonors! or not guilty! "Guilty!" cried all with one voice: and Do Olid added; "Let us take him in the garden, and hang bun to the cedar-tree." "To the window," said Cortes, pointing with his sword to the stout cords, hanging so invi tingly from the serpent's head; and in an in slant the victim was dragged upon the platlorm. Up to this moment, his fears had been uttered rather in vehement complaints, than in out cries; but now when he perceived that he was condemned by a mockery of trial, doomed with out the respite of a minute's spaco to pray, the rope dangling befuro his eyes, and already in the hands of a cavalior, who was bending it into a noose, he uttered a piercing scream, and he endeavored to throw himself on his knees "Mercy!" he cried, "morny! mercy! I will confess, I can save all your lives, morcy ! mercy! ' Of all tho sights of horror and disgust, villany transformed at tho death-hour, into its natural oharactor of cowardice, is among the most ap palling. Villafanna was as brave as a ruffian could be; but when imagination is linked in the same spirit with vico, cotirago expires almost al the moment with hope. With a weapon iu his hand, and at liberty, V illafana, perhaps, would have manifested all tho valur in which dcspai perceives the only hope, and died like a man As it was, bound and grasped iu the arms of strongmen, entirely helpless and equally with out hope, his death staring him in the faco, he gave himself up at onco lu unmanly fears, and wept, screamed, and prayed until the guards, al walcli in tho vestibule, sank upon their knees and counted over their beads, to divert their senses from cries so agonizing and horrililo. As he strovo to prostrate himself beforo his inexorable judges, ho was pulled up by the cava liers, and among others by Don Francisco dc Guzman, whoso countenance he recognized. "Svo mo, Guzman! savo me!" ho cried; "for thou wcrt one of the party; savo me! ' "l'eaco, wolf" "Mercy! mercy! noble scnor!" ho continued turning tu Uortcs: "1 am but ono of many. Guzman is as false as I: 1 charge bun with treason; he had abused your excellency's earl Listen, senores and spare me my life: give mo a day give me but to-night to pray and confess, and you shall have all. There are cavaliors among us. Mercy, for the lovo of heaven! Ca-maraga, the Dominican Don Palmcrinn tie Castro Mucrtazo of Toledo, Carabo of Seville Arliaga, Santa-Rosa, liravo, Aljarah, and an hundorel moro- "Peaco, lying villain!" cried tho captain-gen eral. "What, ho, the rope! quick tho rope!" "A momeut to repent! a moment tu repent!" shrieked the victim, struggling so violently to bring his hands before him, as if to clasp them in prayer, that the silken band crackled behind him, aud his hands turned black with congested blood; "a moment to repent! for I am a sinner. What! would you condemn my soul, too! Saints hoar me! angels plead for me! A priest for the love of heaven! I killed Artiaga of Cadiz; I scuttled the ship at Alonso, drowned the nuns, and stole tho church-plato. Call Mag- dalcna. Vi hero s Magdalona! ion are inur dering ma! Alorcyl mercy! I killed Hilario, too 1 poinarded linn in the old wounds inflicted by Juan Lerma I havo much to repent. A priest, for tho luve of heaveu! A priest, oh, a priest. Thus raved tho villian, itaincd with a thou sand crimes! and if aught had hcon wanting tn was divulged in the unavailing abandonment with which ho accused himself of misdeeds, so many and so atrocious. While his neck was yet free from the rope, he struggled violently, but without any attempt to do a mischief to his unrelenting murderers; his risistatico was indeed like that of a cur, under the chastise-incut of a cruel and brutal master, which howls and contends and yet fears to employ its fangs against tho tyrant. Hut when lie found, at last, that the cavaliors were actually putting the hasty halter about his neck, his struggles were not greater to cscapo than to inflict injury. He shook and tossed his head in distraction, and Dun Francisco de Guzman endeavoring to siczc him by tho beard, he caught tho hand of the cavalier betwixt his teeth, and held it with the gripe of a tiger. "Hell confuund thee, wolf!" ciicd Guzman groaning with pain; and striking him over tin. lace with the hilt of his sword, but in vain: "Help me, cavaliers, or ho will have my baud off! Villian, unlock thy teeth" "Sland asido. This will unluuso thee," saiil ono, thrusting his rapier into tho thigh of tin vindictive wretch, who no sooner felt tho colt! steel penetrate his flesh, than he opened his moinii to uttor a yell. " YV hip In in up how. So much fur traitors!" It was the last Bcream of the assassin, lli-lips uttered one more cry to heaven; the name of Magdalona was cut short, as tho noose closed upon his throat, and ended in a hoarse, rattling, gill piling; whine, that did not itself prevail be yond the space of a second. As he shut up to the tup uf tho winduw, an intense glare ef lightning flashed through the alabaster, and his figure traced upon that lustrous and ghastly medium, was seen dangling and writhing in tho death aguny. Tho next moment, the huge curtain was drawn over the dreadful spectacle, but those who paused a moment, to look back, could behold the transactions of the dying miscreant giving motion, and sometimes protrusion, tu the dark fulds of tho drapery. When all was silent, iu the darkness of the night, tho watchman iu tho vestibule could yet hear tho pattcr-iug of blood-drops falling from his mangled limb, upon the sonorous wood of the platform. Hut there were other scenes now occurring, which fur a time, drovo from their thoughts the memory of Villafana. GOVELINOII'S MESS AG K, Comnunicaled to the General Assembly of Ohio al their special session, June 8th, 1835. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: Subsequent to the adjournment of your luto session, occurrences huvo amen ol such nn ex truordintiry diameter, as to impress upon mo the indispensable duty of convening you, under the provisions ol the ninth section ol the second article of tlio Constitution of the State of Ohio. That section declurcs tliut tlio Uovernor "may, on extraordinary occasions, conveno the General Assembly, by Proclamation, and shall state to tliem when assembled the purposes for wlucli they shall havo been convened." And being assembled, in obedience to a Proclamation issued under the provisions of sum section, I now, in disclinrgo of the duty required of mo, proceed to state to you tlio purpose for which you huve been conveneo. It was briefly to lay beforo you, for your con. siderution, tlio whole subject matter, growing out ol the controversy relative to our northern boundary line, and detention ol jurisdiction to our constitutional boundaries, us prescribed in an Act ol last session denning the same. 1 ho Legislature, on tho 2ad of rebruary last with but ono dissenting voto, passed resolutions, in which it was declared, as the opinion of the General Assembly, tliut the territory contained within the constitutional limits ol Uluo, tunned an integral part of tho State, of winch no pow- er on curtli had a right to dispossess her Tlint measures ought to ho taken, immediately, by tho Legislative, Executive, and Judicial authorities ol" Ohio, to causo her jurisdiction to bo lully established throughout every pnrt ol her territory, as described in Iter Constitution: and obtain for her laws and public olliccrs that res pect and obedience Iroin all persons residing or coming williiu her boundaries, to which they are properly entitled that the State hud an in- disputable right to run out, and designate her northern boundary, in accordance with tho pro. visions ol her constitution: uud that, without al. lowing her public works to ho longer suspended, or the interest of her citizens to bo further jcop. arilizcd by tlio refusal ol Congress to unite with her in the work and that commissioners should ho appointed for that purpose, with instructions to run and re-mark the sumo fiom tho place wliero a lino Irom tho most Fotithcrly extreme of Luko Michigan; to the most northerly cape ol tho iilnuiiieo bay crosses her western bouii-dury to tho said capo, so that its exuet location may bo known and recognized by all persons within tlio Slute, us well as by thoso without its limits. They, on tho same day, passed, by tlio sumo Act and Resolutions were passed, I transmitted copies thereof to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and, on the 20th February, addressed a circular to the Clerks of tho Court of Common Pleas of each of tho counties of, Wood, Henry nnd Williams, enclosing copies of said Act and Resolutions to them, with a request that they would deliver a copy to each ol the several county olliccrs, within their respee-tive counties, therein informing said ofliceis tliut it was the expectation of tho Legislature, us well as of the Executive, that they would he prompt and vigilant in carrying into efTect the intention of tho General Assembly, us expressed in said Act and Resolutions. I also directed tho Adju-tunt General to encloso a number of copies of tho Act and Resolutions to Major Genorut John Roll, of the 17th Division, within whoso coin-niund the counties of Wood, Henry und Williums aro situiUe, with directions to extend his com-maud to the northern boundaries of those counties, as delined in said Act; and to cause till persons, residing therein, that wuro subjuct to military duty under the laws of Ohio, to ho en. rolled and organized under tho laws of this State. All this ho promptly etfected, and two militia companies were enrolled in Wood county: they met tin ' Reeled their ollicars; which Imvo been duly commissioned under our laws, and are now iu command. Tliut portion of the disputed tor-ritory, that was attached tn tlio counties of lion-ry and Williams, is now united to the organized militia districts in those counties respectively. Considering that the most effectual method of executing the Act of the 2od February, would ho to complete the civil organization of thai part of the Statu claimed by Michigan, I determined on attending, in person, iu that region of the State at the time tlio elections were being held; und to take commissions with me to deliver to the various ollieers that might he elected under our laws; nnd to meet tho Commissioners ut Perrysburg, on ths day appointed lo commence marking tho line; but, on tho 2)th March, I received a letter from Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of S'tato of the United Stales, dated tho 11th, iu which I was told that the President had been informed, by tlio Acting Governor of Michigan Territory, that a collision was likely to luko placo between that Territory and Ohio, relative to the extension of our jurisdiction. 'Po that letter I replied at length, on the same day I re ceived it; in which 1 informed the Secretary of Mate, that no collision hud been anticipated on tho part of Ohio, und in no ensu would it occur, unless resistance were made to our civil author ity. I transmitted to him a copy of the Act and Resolutions of lust session, ut the same time in forming him what cnurso Ohio expected to pur sue. On the 2'2d, I received n second letter from Mr. Forsyth, tinder tho date of the 17th, in which ho informed mo tho l'resident learned with deep regret that tho military had been called out on the purl ol Ohio, us also on that ol Michigan, to support our respective chums to jurisdiction, ivc. ifcc. I Ins lettor 1 answered on the 2!)d, giving nun tu understand that no preparation for forco was being made by Ohio, und that our civil uuthority was considered suf. ficient to carry into ell'ect the laws of Ohio: I ulso informed liim when the Commissioners, nominated to run the line, hud appointed to meet ut Perrysburg my intention of joining them there; and that the object of my visit to that region of country was to tillay, as much as possible, tho excited feelings that hud been produced by the Proclamation of tho Acting Governor of Michigan, and by tho violent measures of General Lirown. On the 2(iih, I received a third letter from Mr. Forsyth, by Judge Doty, of Detroit, informing me that the President hud determined on appoint ing Commissioners, to confer with nio und tho Aflcrdelivoring commissions.to the officers in Wood county, I hastened to Defiance, in Williams county, and while at that place I received intelligence uf the outrages committed at Tole do by a body of armed men, under protenco of serving civil process, issued against our fellow citi.eus for acting in obedience to the laws of Ohio. While there, I also received an account uf tho preparation that was being made in .Mi chigan to arrest our Commissioners whilo run ning the line; with a letter from Messrs. Kush and Howard, in which they enclosed tu mo a copy of a letter addressed by them to the acting (iovernor of Michigan, making known to him the wish of the President, that no forco should bo used in opposition to that measure; a copy of which letter was transmitted to our Commis sioners on the line, with a request that they wuuld proceed with the Hue until met by a force to uppuso tli cm , and if such force should appear that they might withdraw to Mauince until a guard suilicieiit to protect them should he collected. I also issued an order to Gen. Hell to detail a guard for their protection. I then at tended the Court in Williams county, and found the organization uf that county completed to tho line described in tho late act, and tho jurisdic tion of tho Court extended accordingly. Plus is likewise the case in Henry county; and it may bo truly said that that part of the Stale is as completely organized, under the laws of Ohio, as is any other part of the .Statu at this time. out whilo the authoril ics of Uhio ivero thus pur suing a steady, peaceable course, in accordance with the understanding expressed at Perrysburg iu a conference with Messrs. Kush and Howard, (as will be seen iu tho statement of Cols. Swayne and Andrews,) the authorities of Michigan com-niciiccd prosecutions against the citizens of Ohio, in opposition to the advice of the U. States Commissioners, as communicated to the Acting (iovurnor uf that Territory, (as will bo scon hy reference to tho copy uf tho letter transmitted to inc.) with a degreo uf rockless vengeance, scarcely parallelled iu tho history of civilized nations. A particular account ut those violent proceedings will ho found in the letters of Mr. Uoodscll, .Major Slickney, Colonel Fletcher, and also in the report of tho Coimnissiunors, all uf which are included in the documents herewith transmitted, and to which I call your particular attention. It appears tn me, the honor of tho Statu is plegcd, iu the most solemn manner, to protect these people in their rights, anil tu defend them against all outrages. They claim tu he citizens uf Ohio. The Legislature, by a solemn Act, has declared them to he such, and has required I hem lu obey the laws of Ohio, which, as good citizens, they havo done; and fur which they have been persecuted, prosecuted, assaulted, arrested, abducted, and imprisoned. Homo ofthcinhavo been driven from their houses in dread and terror, while uthors are menaced hy the authorities uf .Michigan. Thoso things havo been all done within the constitutional boundaries of tho Stale of Ohio, where our laws have been directed tu bo enforced. Are wo not under as great an obligation to command respect and obedienco to our laws adjoining our northern boundary, as in any other part of the State! Are not tho inhabitants of Port Lawrence, on the Maiimee Bay, as much enti tled lu our protection, as tho citizens of Cin cinnati un tho Ohio river! 1 feel convinced they aro equally as much. Our Cummissiuncrs, appointed in ohedienco tu tho Act of tho 2!d February, whilo in discharge of the duty assigned I lit- in , wcro assaulted, whilo resting un the Sabbath day, hy an armed forco from Michigan. Sumo uf the hands were fired on, oth ers arrested, and one of them, Col. Fletcher, is nuw incarcerated in Tcciunsch,(as will bosecn by his letter.) and fur what! Is it for crime! .No, but for faithfully discharging his duty, as a good citizen of Ohio, in obedienco to our laws. These outrageous transgressions demand yuur most serious consideration; and I earnestly re commend, aud confidently hope, that such mna sores may bo adopted as will afford protection Mauince Bay. Hut tho truo parties in the control ersy arc the United States, and the State of Ohio; and lot mo ask which is the weaker party in this controversy; Surely it will not be contendod that the great and gigantic State of Ohio, (as she has been tauntingly called,) is a-, bout tu weaken the United States, ,by claming her constitution rights; or that, by enforcing these, her just claims, she would be making the weak weaker, and the strong still moro power, fill' according to tho arguments of our opponents. Arguments of this character may suit those who wish to avoid the truth, to shun the light, and carry their point right or wrong, by their diplomatic management; but in my view these arguments aro too contracted to mee( tho approbation of liberal minded statesmen, Is not Ohio a member of the Union! Docs she not form a component part of tho United States! Will not any measure calculated lo promote the prosperity uf Ohio, also promote the prosperity of tho United States! Why, then, should jealously bo excited against Ohio! Why the extreme exertions of many Editors of News? papers, and other individuals in some of the Slates, to foreslal public opinion, and make impressions unfavorable to Ohio, without examining the justness of our causel Is this course liberal! is it just! Wo think not. With a desire to ascertain all tlio facts con' ncctcd with the controversy, relative to our Northern Boundary, 1 have devoted what time I could spare, from other duties, to a minute examination uf tho suhject. In duing this, I Col-, lectcd extracts from all the original charters, by which tho territory north-west of the river Ohio was originally claimed: also, from the several deeds of cession, resolutions of Congress, ordinances and acts, relative to the territory north-west of tlio river Ohio, the organization) of temporary or territorial government, and the formation of States therein; all which extract! will be submitted to your consideration, as an appendix to this communication. These ex tracts will present to you a full viow of tho subject, and must havo a tendency to confirm all who examine them dispassionately, in the opinion that the claim of Ohio is just and inconlroi vertablc. Hy them it will be seen, that the territory, nuw claimed by .Michigan, was originally included iu tho grant to Connecticut; and that that Sfatodid not cede her right of jurisdiction to tho United States, over that portion of territory bordering on tho Lake, and known as the "Western Reserve," till tho year lbOt), many years after tho Ordinance uf 1787 was passed; which Mr. Adams declared, ill his famous speech in the last Congress, "to bo as unalterable as tho laws uf nature:" yet the line cuntonded fur by Michigan, agreeably to said Ordinauco, wuuld run cast thruugh that district of country, to which Cungrcss had DO claim, cither of suit or jurisdiction, at tho time this Ordinanco was passed. The more I cxamino the subject, the moro convinced I am that our claim is just and incontruvcrtablc; that it is a settled question, and that wo are under as solemn an obligation to mantain our jurisdiction over the township of Purl Lawrence, on the Maumeo Hay, as wo are to mantain it ovor any township on tho Ohio river. Gentlemen tho whulo subject is now before you fur cunsidoraliun. Tho question neccs-, sarily arises, what shall bo done! shall we abandon our just claim, relinquish our indisputable rights, and proclaim to the world, that tho Act and Resolutions of tho last session of the General Assembly were mere empty things! Or, rathor, shall we not (as was declared in said resolution tu ho our duty,) prcparo to carry their provision into clrccl! The latter, I doubt not, will be your resolution; and I trust that, by your acts, you will manifest to the world that Ohio knows her Constitutional rights; that she has independence enough to assert them; and that sho can neither bo seduced by flattery, baffled by diplomatic management, nor driven hy menaces from tho support of thoso rights. And, gontlcincn, you may rest assured, that whatever measures, in your wisdom, you may who have been arrested, and hound under re cognizances; and fur the liberation of thoso who n fn i,nnri.itnnil nn nisi, l'n. ll.A imlnliuiittt flf ' f f. .1 ' .I. ...I'.. - ..... ...uu j cmitf uovernor ui micuiguu, un mo suiueci oi i t10s0 w,0 imv0 gUrered loss in conscqucnco of tho unhappy difficulty, ns ho culled it, tliut wusi their obedience to the laws of Ohio; and, in nn existing between Ohio and that Territory. To especial manner, for tho inure prompt .execution to our citizens; provide fur the relief of llioso Jirccl, will bo faitlifully pursued by the Execu tive, tu tho full extent or his Constitution!"! power, and the means that may bo placed uuden his contrul. this I replied at sonic length, on the 27th, emleuv. oring to convince him of the very erroneous impressions under which they labored at Washing-ton, respecting the nets und doings of Ohio; und informing him of my determination to start for Perrysburg next day. In accordance with this resolution, I repaired, in company with Cols. Swnyno and Andrews and General Niswunger, to Perrysburg, where uf uur laws, and tho punishuieut of thoso who havo violated them. Yuu may rest assured, that whatever course yuu may direct will he promptly pursued hy tho Executive, and that all your laws shall bo faithfully executed, as far as his power extends; but, fur their effectual enforcement, you havo to furnish him with the necessary means. In tho documents annoxou for your inspec tion and consideration, will bo found all tlio Siuco preparing the foregoing, I rocoived a communication from ono John Diddle, dated Detroit, June 1, 19:15, in which he statos that he had been instructed by tho Convention, in tes-i sion at that place, to forward to ine enclosed documents, Thoso documents I transmit lo you, without comment: (marked (.'.) Yuu will doubtless givo to them that consideration to which, you may deem llioin entitled. Very respectfully, yours, fee. fee, fee. ROUF.UT LUCAS, Coli'mdus, June Silt, 135. wcarrived on tho 2.1 of April. The next duy 1 correspondence of tho Fxooulivo, relative to received u nolo from Richard Rush. F.sn. nnd carrying into effect tho act of tho 211.1 of Fob- Col. Ilowurd, Commissioners on the pint of tho ri""')1 ,vl,ic" embraces tlio eurresponduiico with .... .. ' .1. fl.o I Inn.. i1 ,,... i I of Ml.ln .1 11 n.l. rl .. i, ll.A United States, stuling that they wished nn niter- "-17" 1 -".',' """!.. -,, 1 i- 1 .1 . 1 11 . communications received Irom Messrs. Hush view will, me. I replied tliut I would meet am, ,,,,:. hMm (jominis.ioncrs; the op-them, either at I oledo or Perrysburg, as might I pii(iu ,,, Attorney General of tho United ho most agreeable to tliein. On the evening of ( states; tho correspondence with the Surveyor tho Cth April they arrived nl Perrysburg, nnd on (ioucral of tho United Stales, together with sun-the 7th wo had an interview 011 tho suhject of , dry documents relative to running tho North-Iho conflicting jurisdiction between Ohio und orn boundary of Ohio; tho lie Id notes uf the sur-Michignn, nnd, lifter mutuul explanulion, nn nr- vur uf ho lino run by .Mr. Harris under tho rungouiciit was agreed to, which appeared satis. I direction uf the survejor General uf Iho tinted factory on both sides, under which impression ! l'mi a !ot,u'r fr",n ,(,"vur""r La"' "J'"""5 J ., 11. 11 ! to Harris! hoe, wnh Iho Surveyor Guncral s '' "" ' m ' 1U """""i u renlv. cntendiinr that that lino was run in ac- Of tho Documents accompanying the foregoing we givo tho following lettor from Governor Lucas, addressed to tho Secretary of State of the I'uitcd States, Executive Office, Ohio, Columbus, June 1st, lb'US. Sin: On my return lo Columbus this after, noon, from a short visit lo my family, I received your letterof tho 2Ulh ult. iu answer to mine of tho lllh May. You say it was not tho intention of the Secre. tary of Stale, in his letter Id mo of tho second r A.,r;t 1., ........ :..,.. .1: n', 11, viitui unit uuy UISCUSSIOII US lO inO vote, -.'in act ueuniiig 1110 oouniiaries 01 certain mv wav to I el unco, in W nuns eomitv ' f. . . . .... 'f,,, 'ril,.n i,n,,.i,.. 1, ri.:.. j counties w tun ho Mute, and lor other pi.rpo. The Co,nni,.s.,one.s of tho U.S. handed to mo , he true Northern honndarv uf Ohio: turrether Michigan: but as I was ofoninion that Hirrii'. scs;" in which tho bomidtirics of tho counties of1 document dnriiwr mr .cml'm-cni-.. n ihev snl.l. I ..1,1. 1,. il.or l.n.r. r..U.; 1,! 11. ...I. Wood, Henry nnd Williums wcro extended to t ilu ri.,ji,cst of Mr. Forsyth, which I found loljeet of uur boundary, and tho extension of our tho lino described in the Constitution two new townships wcro created in tlio county of Wood, und elections for Justices of the Peuce und oilier olliccrs wcro authorized under tlio laws of Ohio. This Act made it the duty of all olliccrs wiihin tho Stato, civil and military, judicial and ministerial, who wero authorized lo exereiso juris-diction within these counties, to extend their jurisdiction, respectively, to tho lino described in snid Act. The snino Act nindo it tho duly of tho uovernor to appoint three Commissioners, whoso duly it should ho to ro-inurk that part of tho said lino lying westol Jjiiko brio, nnd com hn the opinion of the Attorney General. This opinion, 1 was lully sitished on examination, would, in its tendency, counteruct the laiidablo exertions ol the President and his Commission ers, which the sequel proved; for it was pro. jurisdiction, all worthy of a miuuto investiga tion. The subject of our Northern Boundary has excited considerable attention throughout Iho nation, and as far as can bo learned Irom tho lono uf tho papers, great cxorlions are making aimed hy tho authorities of Michigan, us n , ,n ra;,n rh,r, l,lf,,v..r!.l,ln 1.1 01. in. f..rnini jiisiiuciiiion ui ineir acts: Ana it is a subject worthy of romurk tliut nil tho proceedings) at Washington wero entirely ex parte; that the three letters from the Secretary of Stulo were written; tho opinion of tho Attorney General drawn up; nnd the Commissioners appointed and hud lull asliiiiLrton, beloru my answer to the steel the hearts of his oxocutioners, euuugh monly known na"l arris's Line," tliut itshould Secretary's first letter could have been received, bo the duty of the Commissioners, when nppoin. r tiny thing correctly known with regard to the ted by tho Governor, to proceed, ut ns curly n intentions or movements of Ohio. Theso lutters day ns pruclicublo ufter their tippoiulnient, lo f.Ir. Forsyth, and the opinion or tho Attorney tho disuharfjo of their duties; mid the Conimis. General, wero evidently dictated under feelings Honors should, in duo time, report to tho Gov. highly excited nnd unfavorable to Ohio, us is emor, stating tlio manner 111 which their duties had been performed. the Act una Resolutions wore deposited 111 tho Olfico of tho Secrelnry of Slute, on the day they wcro passed; and, 011 tho sumo day, Jona. than Taylor, of Licking county, Uri Seely, of Ccuuga county, and John Patterson, of Adams county, were appointed und commissioned, by tho Governor, to re-mark thu lino, as required by said Act: who, alter consulting with thu bx ccutivo, appointed to meet at Perrysburg, in wooa county, on 1110 first duy ol April, .11 or dnr to proceed to the disehargo of those duties required of thcin. On tlio sanio day that said! townships. mauilest from their contents. The peoplo within the townships of Sylvania nnd Port Lawrenco, hud met and held their elec-lions, us authorized by the net of the 2Ud of Feb-ruary, 18bV; und tho returns of thu elections hud been made) to Iho Clerk's olfieo in Wood county. I delivered commissions to six justices of the peace, w ithin snid townships, and also up. pointed uud commissioned ono Notary Public, in Toledo. I understand n Deputy Sherill', qimli- fied according to luw, with a competent number of township ollieers nnd School F.xnminers, wore duly elected and appointed within the ling public opinion tn her prejudico, without relcrenco to II. 0 moras of our claim, and ail principally upon tho grounds that Ohio is a (!reat and powerful Stato, Michigan a weak and small Territory, (whilo in fact Michigan has a greater extent uf territory than Ohio.) This appears to ho the substance of every argument, from Iho beginning to the end of Ibis controversy. We find it in tho first loiter of Gover- nurCass to the Surveyor General, so early as 1S1,, which letter was tho beginning of the controversy; we also find it in the arguments of the I'x-I'resiilcnt iu tho last Congress, as well us 111 all the intermediate arguments. Hut what is tho true state of tho case! Ohio has oppressed nobody she claims no territory more than what is defined in tier Lonstllutlon: while, on the other hand, wo find tho territory uf Mi chigan (who can have no legitimate claim tu sovereignly, as her government at any time, may he dissolved by Congress, and tho territo ry, north ot Ohio, attached to this Stale,) ox orting all tho power of her temporary or terri turial Government, to oppress tho small village of Toledo, punishing its Inhabitants, nut for criino, but for claiming their constitutional rights. In this transaction we soo tho great and powerful city of Detroit, ni.lod hy theme thnritics of tho Territory, united to oppress ami weaken tho small village of Toledo, on the line hud been run nnd established by tho Sur. veyor General,' under Ilia direction of the Pres. ideal of iho United Stutcs, it was deemed prop; er by him to nppriso 1110 that Harris's line had been disapproved by tho President, and that irj conscquenoo another lino had been run under tho order of iho Surveyor General, by his directions. I still contend, sir, llmt Harris's line was run and established by tho Surveyor Gen. rrnl, under the direction of tho President of Ilia United States, nnd is Iho only truo Northern boiin.lnry 01 me Mate ot Ohio. 1 ho authority of tho Secretary of tho Trons, tiry, to order a ro-survey, alter the line had been run nnd established by tho Surveyor Gon. oral, under tho direction of the President, with, out u special act of Congress, is at least questionable; uud even a line run, by authority of Congress, other than tlio 0110 directed in the Constitution of Ohio, w ithout the consent of tho felato, would not bo in any way obligatory on uer. 1 uu siiy tui.i my reiuurKs seem 10 uiui- cuto a desire to found the claim to jurisdiction on iho part of Ohio over the disputed territory, upon thu ground of its being within tho limits as, signed to Ohio by tho net of Congress of 1802, ralhor than on the provisional clause in tho Constitution of tho Stato. In that you have misconstrued my meaning, for no such desire, or opinion, was intended to be conveyed in my loiter. Although I am fully satisfied that our claim would he sustained without tho provision In tlio Constitution, yet 1 havo ever been of opinion (nnd that opinion you will find expressed in al my communications) that iho provisional cluuso

fptttwl gpltttiPtU? FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1835. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SCOTT &, WRIGHT. No. 52, Vol. XXIV Whole No. 1393. JOURNAL AND SENTINEL. F. C. GALLAGHER., EDITOR. Office on High-street, second door louth of Armstrong's Hotel. TERMS Two Dollars Bud Fifty Cents, tit advance, or Three Dollars, at the end of the year. No subscriber allowed to discontinue while ho remains indebted to the office.. MISCELLANY. THE DEATH OF A TRAITOR. From the I'lNFIDEI,," a new romance by Dr. Bird, just published by Messrs. C'ary, Lea k Ulaiichard. "Admit Villafana," said Cortes, iu tones that penetrated loudly to the farthest limits of the room, for the cavaliers were stricken into a boding silence at tlio accents of the alguazil; 'admit my trusty Villafana!" And Villafana entered. llo was evidently flushed with wine, and it was for that reason, doubtless, that he did not seem toobseive tlio presence of his forsworn associate, nor the suspicious act of two cavaliers, who stole from the group, and took posses-lion of tlio door by which he had entered. He approached with a reckless and confidant though somewhat stupid air, exclaiming, after divers humble scrapes and salaams, "I come at your excellency's bidding, according to appointment. This was the hour, pleaso your excellency (but 'tis a scurvy night, with much thunder and lightning.") "Ay, truly," said Cortes, with a mild voice, while all the rest stood in the silence of death: "but being so observant, Villafaua, how coiiicb it yon have not remarked that you are here without the Indian Techeechee, whom I commanded you to bring hither at this hour." "Honor," said the algua7.il, a little confused, "that old Oltomi is a sly dog, and 1 doubt mo, not over honest." "I doubt ine so too," said Cortes, in the same encouraging tones: "yet honest or false, ly or simple, methinUs thou shouldst not have suffered III in to escape." "Escapo! what, Tochoecheo escape!" cried Villafana, with unaffected surprise; "Ho, no! 1 did but give tlio grey infidel a sop of wine, and straightway he hid himself in a cornor, to sleep off his drunkenness. And and" continued he, with instinctive though clumsy cunning, "and I thought it would be unseemly to bring him to your excclloncy, in that condition, I bet: your excellency's pardon for making him acquainted with such Christain liquor; but it was out of pity, together with some little hope of converting him to tlio faith; and, besides, 1 knew not his head was so weak. 1 will fetch him to your excellency in the morning." "Why, this is well," said the captian-gcneral, with such insinuating gentleness, as character izes the snake, whon closing softly on his prey; "and I doubt not thou canst give me as good an account of the embassadors. It is said to ine, that they have also escaped." r "Good heavens!" cried Villafana, startled not only out of his confidence, but in great measure out of his intoxication, by such announcement; "the ambassadors escapedl It cannot be!" "Pho.they have hurt thee more than I thought even to the point of destroying thy memory," rejoined the captain-general, with the blandishment ot a smile. "There is blood upon thy shoulder', I doubt not thou wort severely hurt, while attempting to prevent their flight. No one ever questioned the courage of Villafana." "Yes, scnor, yes po yes; that is I mean to Say saints of heaven!" And hero the alguazil paused, completely soberod that is res tored to his senses, but Dot to his wits: for here he perceived himself in a difficulty, and his invention pointed out no means for escape. He rolled his eyes, haggcrcd at once with debauch and alarm, over the cavaliers, and though the lofty figure of Alvarado concealed Uaspar from his view, he boheld enough in the extraordinary sedateness of all present, to fill him with the most racking suspicions. He turned again to Cortes, and commanding his fears as much as be could, went on with an appearance of boldness."Alas, noble scnor, if the ambassadors be escaped, I am a lost man for I trusted too much to the vigilance of others, and I should not havo dona so.' Alas, scnor," he continued with more energy, as his mind began to work more clearly, "1 havo commitod a great ofienco in this negligence; but I vow to heaven, it was owing to my fears of Juan Lerma, who made many efforts to escape, and had strong friends to help hi in. Your excclloncy may see the necessity I was under, to give all my thoughts to him; for, somo one having furnished him with a dagger, he foully attacked me, not on my guard, giving mo tins wound; and had it not been for the sudden rushing in of the guard, I should certainly have been killed. Thus sopke the alguazil, with returning craft, mingling together fiction and fact with an address which astonished even himself. "Yos.senor,' 'he continued, satisfied with tlio strength of his argument, and now elated with a prospect of providing against the effects of Ins imprudent disclosures in tlio prison; "yes enor, and tlio young man, besides thus wounding; me, swore he would havo me hanged for a conspiracy; staling roundly, as the guards will witness, (I am certain that Esteban, tlio I, eft-Handed, heard him,) that being a notorious grumbler, any such fiction would bo beliovcd of me. As if this would make mo a conspirator! whereas, your excellency knows according to the proverb, barking dugs are no biters." And the audacious ruffian, rulapsing into security, attested his innoccn,co by a goutle laugh and the sweetest of his smiles. "Again I say, thou speakest well," said Cortes, carelessly descendiug from the platform, on which he had mounted at the approach of Villafana. Thy arguments have oven satisfied me of the folly of certain charges, brought against thee by this mad fellow, here, at thy elbow." As he spoke, Alvarado, taking his instruc tions rather from a consentaneous feeling of propriety than from any hint of Don llernan s, moved aside, and Villafana'i eyes fell upon tho figure or baspar. "Think of it, good follow," said Cortes, lay ing his hand upon Villafaua's shoulder, as if to support himself a little; "the things ho said of thee are inniimorablo, and excessively preposterous. He averred, for instance, that thou wort previously olfendod, bocaose I had not invited thy prcscnoo to the fostivities of the morning bauquot, and wort resolved to come, whether I would or not, and that with a lottor from my father in one hand, and a dagger in the other. Ehl is not this outrageous! He aid, besides Uut, o' my lifo, thou hast bled too much from this wound! Juan Lerma strikes deep, when the fit is on him. I liupo thou art not faint, man!" To these benevolent expressions, the ttlgu- azilroplicd by turning upon the general a countenance so bloodless, and an eye filled vi.itli such ocstacy of despair, (for if the poinards of all had been at his throat, he could not have been More perfectly apprized of his coming Tate,) thai Cortes must havo been struck with some fooling of commisoration, had not his naturo been somewhat akin to that of a cat, which delights less to kill than t sport with tlio egoniei of a dying victim. As it was, he continued to torment the abandoned wretch, by adding, pleasantly,"And what thinkest thou of this, too, my Villafana? Two hundred and forty conspira tors, to rush in when the blow was struck! doubtless to carve their dinners from the ribs ol my cavaliers! Ah, Villafana, Villafana! thou shouldst have a care of thy friends. Our enemies aro harmoless, but our friends are always dangerous. What dost thou say to all this, Villafana! Knave! hadst thou twenty daggers in thy jerkin, thou wcrt still but an uufanged reptile!"Whilo he spoke, in this jestful mood, ho was sensiblo that Villafana, (doubtless with an instinctive motion, of which he was himself un-consiorts; being apparently turned to stone,) was stealing his hand up towards his bosom, as if to grasp a weapon. The moment the member had reached the opening of his garment, Cortes caught him by the throat, and giving utterance to his last words with a voice of thunder, and employing a strength irresistible by such a man as Villafana, he hurled him to the floor, at the same instant placing his foot on his throat. Then stooping down, and thrusting his hand into the traitors bosom lie plucked out at a single grasp, a poinard, a letter, and the fatal list of conspirators. He pushed the first aside, read the superscription of the second with a laugh, and casting his eye upon the third, devoured its contents with an avidity that left him unconscious of tho murmurs of the fierce cavaliers, and the groans of the wretched alguazil, strangling under his foot. "What, scnor! will you rob the gallows of its prey!" cried Alvarado, pointing his sword at the prostrate traitor, as, indeed, did all live rest, (having drawn them at tho moment when Cortes seized him by the throat.) "His crime is manifest to all; what need of trial! Every mail his steel through the dog!" "Hold!" cried the captain-general; "this were a death for an hidalgo. Up, cur! up and meet thy fate! Up!" And ho spurned the wretch with bis foot. The alguazil roso up, his face black with blood, which not perfectly dispersing even al release from strangulation, remained in leopardlike blotches ovcrhisvisage.ghastfully contrasted with the ashy hues that gathered between them. As ho rose, his arms were seized by two or three cavaliers; and Sandoval, as quick in action as he was sluggish in speech, snatching the rich sword-sash of samite from his own shoulders, instantly secured them behind his back. "For the love of heaven sonors!" cried Villa-fanna, finding speech at last, "what do you mean! what do you design! You will not kill an innocent man! Will you judge me at the charge of a liar! uaspar is my sworn foe. will make all clear, honor, 1 havo been drink ing, and my mind is confused: take me not at this advantage. Oh, for heaven's sake what do you mean! The list! what, the list! 'Tis fur a incrrv-makinc a rcioicing lor my birtl day. I will explain all to your excellencies. I am an innocent man. Uaspar is a foresworn caitilf, a caitiff, senores, a caitiff! I claim trial by the civil jiiJgcs." "Gag him" cried one "Strike him on the mouth," said another. And Villafana, gasping for breath, uttered, for a moment inarticulate murmurs. "Ho Olid, Marin IJe Ircio," cried Cortes, rapidly and with inexpressible decision, "ye aro judges of lifo and death; Sandoval and Al varado, by right of office, ye can sit in judgment; Qninoncs, Guzman, and the rest, I make you, in the king s name special associates of the others. Why, here is a court, not martial but civil, and the dog shall have judgments to his content! He stands charged of treason. Guilty, sonors! or not guilty! "Guilty!" cried all with one voice: and Do Olid added; "Let us take him in the garden, and hang bun to the cedar-tree." "To the window," said Cortes, pointing with his sword to the stout cords, hanging so invi tingly from the serpent's head; and in an in slant the victim was dragged upon the platlorm. Up to this moment, his fears had been uttered rather in vehement complaints, than in out cries; but now when he perceived that he was condemned by a mockery of trial, doomed with out the respite of a minute's spaco to pray, the rope dangling befuro his eyes, and already in the hands of a cavalior, who was bending it into a noose, he uttered a piercing scream, and he endeavored to throw himself on his knees "Mercy!" he cried, "morny! mercy! I will confess, I can save all your lives, morcy ! mercy! ' Of all tho sights of horror and disgust, villany transformed at tho death-hour, into its natural oharactor of cowardice, is among the most ap palling. Villafanna was as brave as a ruffian could be; but when imagination is linked in the same spirit with vico, cotirago expires almost al the moment with hope. With a weapon iu his hand, and at liberty, V illafana, perhaps, would have manifested all tho valur in which dcspai perceives the only hope, and died like a man As it was, bound and grasped iu the arms of strongmen, entirely helpless and equally with out hope, his death staring him in the faco, he gave himself up at onco lu unmanly fears, and wept, screamed, and prayed until the guards, al walcli in tho vestibule, sank upon their knees and counted over their beads, to divert their senses from cries so agonizing and horrililo. As he strovo to prostrate himself beforo his inexorable judges, ho was pulled up by the cava liers, and among others by Don Francisco dc Guzman, whoso countenance he recognized. "Svo mo, Guzman! savo me!" ho cried; "for thou wcrt one of the party; savo me! ' "l'eaco, wolf" "Mercy! mercy! noble scnor!" ho continued turning tu Uortcs: "1 am but ono of many. Guzman is as false as I: 1 charge bun with treason; he had abused your excellency's earl Listen, senores and spare me my life: give mo a day give me but to-night to pray and confess, and you shall have all. There are cavaliors among us. Mercy, for the lovo of heaven! Ca-maraga, the Dominican Don Palmcrinn tie Castro Mucrtazo of Toledo, Carabo of Seville Arliaga, Santa-Rosa, liravo, Aljarah, and an hundorel moro- "Peaco, lying villain!" cried tho captain-gen eral. "What, ho, the rope! quick tho rope!" "A momeut to repent! a moment tu repent!" shrieked the victim, struggling so violently to bring his hands before him, as if to clasp them in prayer, that the silken band crackled behind him, aud his hands turned black with congested blood; "a moment to repent! for I am a sinner. What! would you condemn my soul, too! Saints hoar me! angels plead for me! A priest for the love of heaven! I killed Artiaga of Cadiz; I scuttled the ship at Alonso, drowned the nuns, and stole tho church-plato. Call Mag- dalcna. Vi hero s Magdalona! ion are inur dering ma! Alorcyl mercy! I killed Hilario, too 1 poinarded linn in the old wounds inflicted by Juan Lerma I havo much to repent. A priest, for tho luve of heaveu! A priest, oh, a priest. Thus raved tho villian, itaincd with a thou sand crimes! and if aught had hcon wanting tn was divulged in the unavailing abandonment with which ho accused himself of misdeeds, so many and so atrocious. While his neck was yet free from the rope, he struggled violently, but without any attempt to do a mischief to his unrelenting murderers; his risistatico was indeed like that of a cur, under the chastise-incut of a cruel and brutal master, which howls and contends and yet fears to employ its fangs against tho tyrant. Hut when lie found, at last, that the cavaliors were actually putting the hasty halter about his neck, his struggles were not greater to cscapo than to inflict injury. He shook and tossed his head in distraction, and Dun Francisco de Guzman endeavoring to siczc him by tho beard, he caught tho hand of the cavalier betwixt his teeth, and held it with the gripe of a tiger. "Hell confuund thee, wolf!" ciicd Guzman groaning with pain; and striking him over tin. lace with the hilt of his sword, but in vain: "Help me, cavaliers, or ho will have my baud off! Villian, unlock thy teeth" "Sland asido. This will unluuso thee," saiil ono, thrusting his rapier into tho thigh of tin vindictive wretch, who no sooner felt tho colt! steel penetrate his flesh, than he opened his moinii to uttor a yell. " YV hip In in up how. So much fur traitors!" It was the last Bcream of the assassin, lli-lips uttered one more cry to heaven; the name of Magdalona was cut short, as tho noose closed upon his throat, and ended in a hoarse, rattling, gill piling; whine, that did not itself prevail be yond the space of a second. As he shut up to the tup uf tho winduw, an intense glare ef lightning flashed through the alabaster, and his figure traced upon that lustrous and ghastly medium, was seen dangling and writhing in tho death aguny. Tho next moment, the huge curtain was drawn over the dreadful spectacle, but those who paused a moment, to look back, could behold the transactions of the dying miscreant giving motion, and sometimes protrusion, tu the dark fulds of tho drapery. When all was silent, iu the darkness of the night, tho watchman iu tho vestibule could yet hear tho pattcr-iug of blood-drops falling from his mangled limb, upon the sonorous wood of the platform. Hut there were other scenes now occurring, which fur a time, drovo from their thoughts the memory of Villafana. GOVELINOII'S MESS AG K, Comnunicaled to the General Assembly of Ohio al their special session, June 8th, 1835. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: Subsequent to the adjournment of your luto session, occurrences huvo amen ol such nn ex truordintiry diameter, as to impress upon mo the indispensable duty of convening you, under the provisions ol the ninth section ol the second article of tlio Constitution of the State of Ohio. That section declurcs tliut tlio Uovernor "may, on extraordinary occasions, conveno the General Assembly, by Proclamation, and shall state to tliem when assembled the purposes for wlucli they shall havo been convened." And being assembled, in obedience to a Proclamation issued under the provisions of sum section, I now, in disclinrgo of the duty required of mo, proceed to state to you tlio purpose for which you huve been conveneo. It was briefly to lay beforo you, for your con. siderution, tlio whole subject matter, growing out ol the controversy relative to our northern boundary line, and detention ol jurisdiction to our constitutional boundaries, us prescribed in an Act ol last session denning the same. 1 ho Legislature, on tho 2ad of rebruary last with but ono dissenting voto, passed resolutions, in which it was declared, as the opinion of the General Assembly, tliut the territory contained within the constitutional limits ol Uluo, tunned an integral part of tho State, of winch no pow- er on curtli had a right to dispossess her Tlint measures ought to ho taken, immediately, by tho Legislative, Executive, and Judicial authorities ol" Ohio, to causo her jurisdiction to bo lully established throughout every pnrt ol her territory, as described in Iter Constitution: and obtain for her laws and public olliccrs that res pect and obedience Iroin all persons residing or coming williiu her boundaries, to which they are properly entitled that the State hud an in- disputable right to run out, and designate her northern boundary, in accordance with tho pro. visions ol her constitution: uud that, without al. lowing her public works to ho longer suspended, or the interest of her citizens to bo further jcop. arilizcd by tlio refusal ol Congress to unite with her in the work and that commissioners should ho appointed for that purpose, with instructions to run and re-mark the sumo fiom tho place wliero a lino Irom tho most Fotithcrly extreme of Luko Michigan; to the most northerly cape ol tho iilnuiiieo bay crosses her western bouii-dury to tho said capo, so that its exuet location may bo known and recognized by all persons within tlio Slute, us well as by thoso without its limits. They, on tho same day, passed, by tlio sumo Act and Resolutions were passed, I transmitted copies thereof to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and, on the 20th February, addressed a circular to the Clerks of tho Court of Common Pleas of each of tho counties of, Wood, Henry nnd Williams, enclosing copies of said Act and Resolutions to them, with a request that they would deliver a copy to each ol the several county olliccrs, within their respee-tive counties, therein informing said ofliceis tliut it was the expectation of tho Legislature, us well as of the Executive, that they would he prompt and vigilant in carrying into efTect the intention of tho General Assembly, us expressed in said Act and Resolutions. I also directed tho Adju-tunt General to encloso a number of copies of tho Act and Resolutions to Major Genorut John Roll, of the 17th Division, within whoso coin-niund the counties of Wood, Henry und Williums aro situiUe, with directions to extend his com-maud to the northern boundaries of those counties, as delined in said Act; and to cause till persons, residing therein, that wuro subjuct to military duty under the laws of Ohio, to ho en. rolled and organized under tho laws of this State. All this ho promptly etfected, and two militia companies were enrolled in Wood county: they met tin ' Reeled their ollicars; which Imvo been duly commissioned under our laws, and are now iu command. Tliut portion of the disputed tor-ritory, that was attached tn tlio counties of lion-ry and Williams, is now united to the organized militia districts in those counties respectively. Considering that the most effectual method of executing the Act of the 2od February, would ho to complete the civil organization of thai part of the Statu claimed by Michigan, I determined on attending, in person, iu that region of the State at the time tlio elections were being held; und to take commissions with me to deliver to the various ollieers that might he elected under our laws; nnd to meet tho Commissioners ut Perrysburg, on ths day appointed lo commence marking tho line; but, on tho 2)th March, I received a letter from Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of S'tato of the United Stales, dated tho 11th, iu which I was told that the President had been informed, by tlio Acting Governor of Michigan Territory, that a collision was likely to luko placo between that Territory and Ohio, relative to the extension of our jurisdiction. 'Po that letter I replied at length, on the same day I re ceived it; in which 1 informed the Secretary of Mate, that no collision hud been anticipated on tho part of Ohio, und in no ensu would it occur, unless resistance were made to our civil author ity. I transmitted to him a copy of the Act and Resolutions of lust session, ut the same time in forming him what cnurso Ohio expected to pur sue. On the 2'2d, I received n second letter from Mr. Forsyth, tinder tho date of the 17th, in which ho informed mo tho l'resident learned with deep regret that tho military had been called out on the purl ol Ohio, us also on that ol Michigan, to support our respective chums to jurisdiction, ivc. ifcc. I Ins lettor 1 answered on the 2!)d, giving nun tu understand that no preparation for forco was being made by Ohio, und that our civil uuthority was considered suf. ficient to carry into ell'ect the laws of Ohio: I ulso informed liim when the Commissioners, nominated to run the line, hud appointed to meet ut Perrysburg my intention of joining them there; and that the object of my visit to that region of country was to tillay, as much as possible, tho excited feelings that hud been produced by the Proclamation of tho Acting Governor of Michigan, and by tho violent measures of General Lirown. On the 2(iih, I received a third letter from Mr. Forsyth, by Judge Doty, of Detroit, informing me that the President hud determined on appoint ing Commissioners, to confer with nio und tho Aflcrdelivoring commissions.to the officers in Wood county, I hastened to Defiance, in Williams county, and while at that place I received intelligence uf the outrages committed at Tole do by a body of armed men, under protenco of serving civil process, issued against our fellow citi.eus for acting in obedience to the laws of Ohio. While there, I also received an account uf tho preparation that was being made in .Mi chigan to arrest our Commissioners whilo run ning the line; with a letter from Messrs. Kush and Howard, in which they enclosed tu mo a copy of a letter addressed by them to the acting (iovernor of Michigan, making known to him the wish of the President, that no forco should bo used in opposition to that measure; a copy of which letter was transmitted to our Commis sioners on the line, with a request that they wuuld proceed with the Hue until met by a force to uppuso tli cm , and if such force should appear that they might withdraw to Mauince until a guard suilicieiit to protect them should he collected. I also issued an order to Gen. Hell to detail a guard for their protection. I then at tended the Court in Williams county, and found the organization uf that county completed to tho line described in tho late act, and tho jurisdic tion of tho Court extended accordingly. Plus is likewise the case in Henry county; and it may bo truly said that that part of the Stale is as completely organized, under the laws of Ohio, as is any other part of the .Statu at this time. out whilo the authoril ics of Uhio ivero thus pur suing a steady, peaceable course, in accordance with the understanding expressed at Perrysburg iu a conference with Messrs. Kush and Howard, (as will be seen iu tho statement of Cols. Swayne and Andrews,) the authorities of Michigan com-niciiccd prosecutions against the citizens of Ohio, in opposition to the advice of the U. States Commissioners, as communicated to the Acting (iovurnor uf that Territory, (as will bo scon hy reference to tho copy uf tho letter transmitted to inc.) with a degreo uf rockless vengeance, scarcely parallelled iu tho history of civilized nations. A particular account ut those violent proceedings will ho found in the letters of Mr. Uoodscll, .Major Slickney, Colonel Fletcher, and also in the report of tho Coimnissiunors, all uf which are included in the documents herewith transmitted, and to which I call your particular attention. It appears tn me, the honor of tho Statu is plegcd, iu the most solemn manner, to protect these people in their rights, anil tu defend them against all outrages. They claim tu he citizens uf Ohio. The Legislature, by a solemn Act, has declared them to he such, and has required I hem lu obey the laws of Ohio, which, as good citizens, they havo done; and fur which they have been persecuted, prosecuted, assaulted, arrested, abducted, and imprisoned. Homo ofthcinhavo been driven from their houses in dread and terror, while uthors are menaced hy the authorities uf .Michigan. Thoso things havo been all done within the constitutional boundaries of tho Stale of Ohio, where our laws have been directed tu bo enforced. Are wo not under as great an obligation to command respect and obedienco to our laws adjoining our northern boundary, as in any other part of the State! Are not tho inhabitants of Port Lawrence, on the Maiimee Bay, as much enti tled lu our protection, as tho citizens of Cin cinnati un tho Ohio river! 1 feel convinced they aro equally as much. Our Cummissiuncrs, appointed in ohedienco tu tho Act of tho 2!d February, whilo in discharge of the duty assigned I lit- in , wcro assaulted, whilo resting un the Sabbath day, hy an armed forco from Michigan. Sumo uf the hands were fired on, oth ers arrested, and one of them, Col. Fletcher, is nuw incarcerated in Tcciunsch,(as will bosecn by his letter.) and fur what! Is it for crime! .No, but for faithfully discharging his duty, as a good citizen of Ohio, in obedienco to our laws. These outrageous transgressions demand yuur most serious consideration; and I earnestly re commend, aud confidently hope, that such mna sores may bo adopted as will afford protection Mauince Bay. Hut tho truo parties in the control ersy arc the United States, and the State of Ohio; and lot mo ask which is the weaker party in this controversy; Surely it will not be contendod that the great and gigantic State of Ohio, (as she has been tauntingly called,) is a-, bout tu weaken the United States, ,by claming her constitution rights; or that, by enforcing these, her just claims, she would be making the weak weaker, and the strong still moro power, fill' according to tho arguments of our opponents. Arguments of this character may suit those who wish to avoid the truth, to shun the light, and carry their point right or wrong, by their diplomatic management; but in my view these arguments aro too contracted to mee( tho approbation of liberal minded statesmen, Is not Ohio a member of the Union! Docs she not form a component part of tho United States! Will not any measure calculated lo promote the prosperity uf Ohio, also promote the prosperity of tho United States! Why, then, should jealously bo excited against Ohio! Why the extreme exertions of many Editors of News? papers, and other individuals in some of the Slates, to foreslal public opinion, and make impressions unfavorable to Ohio, without examining the justness of our causel Is this course liberal! is it just! Wo think not. With a desire to ascertain all tlio facts con' ncctcd with the controversy, relative to our Northern Boundary, 1 have devoted what time I could spare, from other duties, to a minute examination uf tho suhject. In duing this, I Col-, lectcd extracts from all the original charters, by which tho territory north-west of the river Ohio was originally claimed: also, from the several deeds of cession, resolutions of Congress, ordinances and acts, relative to the territory north-west of tlio river Ohio, the organization) of temporary or territorial government, and the formation of States therein; all which extract! will be submitted to your consideration, as an appendix to this communication. These ex tracts will present to you a full viow of tho subject, and must havo a tendency to confirm all who examine them dispassionately, in the opinion that the claim of Ohio is just and inconlroi vertablc. Hy them it will be seen, that the territory, nuw claimed by .Michigan, was originally included iu tho grant to Connecticut; and that that Sfatodid not cede her right of jurisdiction to tho United States, over that portion of territory bordering on tho Lake, and known as the "Western Reserve," till tho year lbOt), many years after tho Ordinance uf 1787 was passed; which Mr. Adams declared, ill his famous speech in the last Congress, "to bo as unalterable as tho laws uf nature:" yet the line cuntonded fur by Michigan, agreeably to said Ordinauco, wuuld run cast thruugh that district of country, to which Cungrcss had DO claim, cither of suit or jurisdiction, at tho time this Ordinanco was passed. The more I cxamino the subject, the moro convinced I am that our claim is just and incontruvcrtablc; that it is a settled question, and that wo are under as solemn an obligation to mantain our jurisdiction over the township of Purl Lawrence, on the Maumeo Hay, as wo are to mantain it ovor any township on tho Ohio river. Gentlemen tho whulo subject is now before you fur cunsidoraliun. Tho question neccs-, sarily arises, what shall bo done! shall we abandon our just claim, relinquish our indisputable rights, and proclaim to the world, that tho Act and Resolutions of tho last session of the General Assembly were mere empty things! Or, rathor, shall we not (as was declared in said resolution tu ho our duty,) prcparo to carry their provision into clrccl! The latter, I doubt not, will be your resolution; and I trust that, by your acts, you will manifest to the world that Ohio knows her Constitutional rights; that she has independence enough to assert them; and that sho can neither bo seduced by flattery, baffled by diplomatic management, nor driven hy menaces from tho support of thoso rights. And, gontlcincn, you may rest assured, that whatever measures, in your wisdom, you may who have been arrested, and hound under re cognizances; and fur the liberation of thoso who n fn i,nnri.itnnil nn nisi, l'n. ll.A imlnliuiittt flf ' f f. .1 ' .I. ...I'.. - ..... ...uu j cmitf uovernor ui micuiguu, un mo suiueci oi i t10s0 w,0 imv0 gUrered loss in conscqucnco of tho unhappy difficulty, ns ho culled it, tliut wusi their obedience to the laws of Ohio; and, in nn existing between Ohio and that Territory. To especial manner, for tho inure prompt .execution to our citizens; provide fur the relief of llioso Jirccl, will bo faitlifully pursued by the Execu tive, tu tho full extent or his Constitution!"! power, and the means that may bo placed uuden his contrul. this I replied at sonic length, on the 27th, emleuv. oring to convince him of the very erroneous impressions under which they labored at Washing-ton, respecting the nets und doings of Ohio; und informing him of my determination to start for Perrysburg next day. In accordance with this resolution, I repaired, in company with Cols. Swnyno and Andrews and General Niswunger, to Perrysburg, where uf uur laws, and tho punishuieut of thoso who havo violated them. Yuu may rest assured, that whatever course yuu may direct will he promptly pursued hy tho Executive, and that all your laws shall bo faithfully executed, as far as his power extends; but, fur their effectual enforcement, you havo to furnish him with the necessary means. In tho documents annoxou for your inspec tion and consideration, will bo found all tlio Siuco preparing the foregoing, I rocoived a communication from ono John Diddle, dated Detroit, June 1, 19:15, in which he statos that he had been instructed by tho Convention, in tes-i sion at that place, to forward to ine enclosed documents, Thoso documents I transmit lo you, without comment: (marked (.'.) Yuu will doubtless givo to them that consideration to which, you may deem llioin entitled. Very respectfully, yours, fee. fee, fee. ROUF.UT LUCAS, Coli'mdus, June Silt, 135. wcarrived on tho 2.1 of April. The next duy 1 correspondence of tho Fxooulivo, relative to received u nolo from Richard Rush. F.sn. nnd carrying into effect tho act of tho 211.1 of Fob- Col. Ilowurd, Commissioners on the pint of tho ri""')1 ,vl,ic" embraces tlio eurresponduiico with .... .. ' .1. fl.o I Inn.. i1 ,,... i I of Ml.ln .1 11 n.l. rl .. i, ll.A United States, stuling that they wished nn niter- "-17" 1 -".',' """!.. -,, 1 i- 1 .1 . 1 11 . communications received Irom Messrs. Hush view will, me. I replied tliut I would meet am, ,,,,:. hMm (jominis.ioncrs; the op-them, either at I oledo or Perrysburg, as might I pii(iu ,,, Attorney General of tho United ho most agreeable to tliein. On the evening of ( states; tho correspondence with the Surveyor tho Cth April they arrived nl Perrysburg, nnd on (ioucral of tho United Stales, together with sun-the 7th wo had an interview 011 tho suhject of , dry documents relative to running tho North-Iho conflicting jurisdiction between Ohio und orn boundary of Ohio; tho lie Id notes uf the sur-Michignn, nnd, lifter mutuul explanulion, nn nr- vur uf ho lino run by .Mr. Harris under tho rungouiciit was agreed to, which appeared satis. I direction uf the survejor General uf Iho tinted factory on both sides, under which impression ! l'mi a !ot,u'r fr",n ,(,"vur""r La"' "J'"""5 J ., 11. 11 ! to Harris! hoe, wnh Iho Surveyor Guncral s '' "" ' m ' 1U """""i u renlv. cntendiinr that that lino was run in ac- Of tho Documents accompanying the foregoing we givo tho following lettor from Governor Lucas, addressed to tho Secretary of State of the I'uitcd States, Executive Office, Ohio, Columbus, June 1st, lb'US. Sin: On my return lo Columbus this after, noon, from a short visit lo my family, I received your letterof tho 2Ulh ult. iu answer to mine of tho lllh May. You say it was not tho intention of the Secre. tary of Stale, in his letter Id mo of tho second r A.,r;t 1., ........ :..,.. .1: n', 11, viitui unit uuy UISCUSSIOII US lO inO vote, -.'in act ueuniiig 1110 oouniiaries 01 certain mv wav to I el unco, in W nuns eomitv ' f. . . . .... 'f,,, 'ril,.n i,n,,.i,.. 1, ri.:.. j counties w tun ho Mute, and lor other pi.rpo. The Co,nni,.s.,one.s of tho U.S. handed to mo , he true Northern honndarv uf Ohio: turrether Michigan: but as I was ofoninion that Hirrii'. scs;" in which tho bomidtirics of tho counties of1 document dnriiwr mr .cml'm-cni-.. n ihev snl.l. I ..1,1. 1,. il.or l.n.r. r..U.; 1,! 11. ...I. Wood, Henry nnd Williums wcro extended to t ilu ri.,ji,cst of Mr. Forsyth, which I found loljeet of uur boundary, and tho extension of our tho lino described in the Constitution two new townships wcro created in tlio county of Wood, und elections for Justices of the Peuce und oilier olliccrs wcro authorized under tlio laws of Ohio. This Act made it the duty of all olliccrs wiihin tho Stato, civil and military, judicial and ministerial, who wero authorized lo exereiso juris-diction within these counties, to extend their jurisdiction, respectively, to tho lino described in snid Act. The snino Act nindo it tho duly of tho uovernor to appoint three Commissioners, whoso duly it should ho to ro-inurk that part of tho said lino lying westol Jjiiko brio, nnd com hn the opinion of the Attorney General. This opinion, 1 was lully sitished on examination, would, in its tendency, counteruct the laiidablo exertions ol the President and his Commission ers, which the sequel proved; for it was pro. jurisdiction, all worthy of a miuuto investiga tion. The subject of our Northern Boundary has excited considerable attention throughout Iho nation, and as far as can bo learned Irom tho lono uf tho papers, great cxorlions are making aimed hy tho authorities of Michigan, us n , ,n ra;,n rh,r, l,lf,,v..r!.l,ln 1.1 01. in. f..rnini jiisiiuciiiion ui ineir acts: Ana it is a subject worthy of romurk tliut nil tho proceedings) at Washington wero entirely ex parte; that the three letters from the Secretary of Stulo were written; tho opinion of tho Attorney General drawn up; nnd the Commissioners appointed and hud lull asliiiiLrton, beloru my answer to the steel the hearts of his oxocutioners, euuugh monly known na"l arris's Line," tliut itshould Secretary's first letter could have been received, bo the duty of the Commissioners, when nppoin. r tiny thing correctly known with regard to the ted by tho Governor, to proceed, ut ns curly n intentions or movements of Ohio. Theso lutters day ns pruclicublo ufter their tippoiulnient, lo f.Ir. Forsyth, and the opinion or tho Attorney tho disuharfjo of their duties; mid the Conimis. General, wero evidently dictated under feelings Honors should, in duo time, report to tho Gov. highly excited nnd unfavorable to Ohio, us is emor, stating tlio manner 111 which their duties had been performed. the Act una Resolutions wore deposited 111 tho Olfico of tho Secrelnry of Slute, on the day they wcro passed; and, 011 tho sumo day, Jona. than Taylor, of Licking county, Uri Seely, of Ccuuga county, and John Patterson, of Adams county, were appointed und commissioned, by tho Governor, to re-mark thu lino, as required by said Act: who, alter consulting with thu bx ccutivo, appointed to meet at Perrysburg, in wooa county, on 1110 first duy ol April, .11 or dnr to proceed to the disehargo of those duties required of thcin. On tlio sanio day that said! townships. mauilest from their contents. The peoplo within the townships of Sylvania nnd Port Lawrenco, hud met and held their elec-lions, us authorized by the net of the 2Ud of Feb-ruary, 18bV; und tho returns of thu elections hud been made) to Iho Clerk's olfieo in Wood county. I delivered commissions to six justices of the peace, w ithin snid townships, and also up. pointed uud commissioned ono Notary Public, in Toledo. I understand n Deputy Sherill', qimli- fied according to luw, with a competent number of township ollieers nnd School F.xnminers, wore duly elected and appointed within the ling public opinion tn her prejudico, without relcrenco to II. 0 moras of our claim, and ail principally upon tho grounds that Ohio is a (!reat and powerful Stato, Michigan a weak and small Territory, (whilo in fact Michigan has a greater extent uf territory than Ohio.) This appears to ho the substance of every argument, from Iho beginning to the end of Ibis controversy. We find it in tho first loiter of Gover- nurCass to the Surveyor General, so early as 1S1,, which letter was tho beginning of the controversy; we also find it in the arguments of the I'x-I'resiilcnt iu tho last Congress, as well us 111 all the intermediate arguments. Hut what is tho true state of tho case! Ohio has oppressed nobody she claims no territory more than what is defined in tier Lonstllutlon: while, on the other hand, wo find tho territory uf Mi chigan (who can have no legitimate claim tu sovereignly, as her government at any time, may he dissolved by Congress, and tho territo ry, north ot Ohio, attached to this Stale,) ox orting all tho power of her temporary or terri turial Government, to oppress tho small village of Toledo, punishing its Inhabitants, nut for criino, but for claiming their constitutional rights. In this transaction we soo tho great and powerful city of Detroit, ni.lod hy theme thnritics of tho Territory, united to oppress ami weaken tho small village of Toledo, on the line hud been run nnd established by tho Sur. veyor General,' under Ilia direction of the Pres. ideal of iho United Stutcs, it was deemed prop; er by him to nppriso 1110 that Harris's line had been disapproved by tho President, and that irj conscquenoo another lino had been run under tho order of iho Surveyor General, by his directions. I still contend, sir, llmt Harris's line was run and established by tho Surveyor Gen. rrnl, under the direction of tho President of Ilia United States, nnd is Iho only truo Northern boiin.lnry 01 me Mate ot Ohio. 1 ho authority of tho Secretary of tho Trons, tiry, to order a ro-survey, alter the line had been run nnd established by tho Surveyor Gon. oral, under tho direction of the President, with, out u special act of Congress, is at least questionable; uud even a line run, by authority of Congress, other than tlio 0110 directed in the Constitution of Ohio, w ithout the consent of tho felato, would not bo in any way obligatory on uer. 1 uu siiy tui.i my reiuurKs seem 10 uiui- cuto a desire to found the claim to jurisdiction on iho part of Ohio over the disputed territory, upon thu ground of its being within tho limits as, signed to Ohio by tho net of Congress of 1802, ralhor than on the provisional clause in tho Constitution of tho Stato. In that you have misconstrued my meaning, for no such desire, or opinion, was intended to be conveyed in my loiter. Although I am fully satisfied that our claim would he sustained without tho provision In tlio Constitution, yet 1 havo ever been of opinion (nnd that opinion you will find expressed in al my communications) that iho provisional cluuso